Talk at the range Maybe funny Maybe sad

[LEN]

Back in the old days when I did some rangemaster A shooter had several open sights rifles and a new pride and joy 300WM for elk. Shot fair to OK open sights then to the 300WM fired 3 shots from a fowled bore(he knew that much!) and did a 1" or so at 100 yards 3-4" high and 3-4" Right. I watched a lot of the shooting thru the spotting scope. And he started to put the rifle away after looking thru the spotting scope to confirm. I asked your not going to adjust the scope? He looked at me funny and said Why?  I know where it shoots and besides it's bore sighted.



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[superdown]

This did not occur at a range but a similar circumstance my uncle had a 250-3000 savage model 99 and had a scope put on and bore sighted and then proceeded to find reasons to take it off and put it back on several times.My father his brother could not convince him that every time he took it off it needed to be re bore sighted and then have a final sight in done on a proper target he was vehement that a bore sight was fine and it didn't  matter that it had been taken of several times. So when he went deer hunting he shot a deer hitting it five times once in the butt and in a couple of the legs a shoulder and then finally the neck is what put in down for good.After all of that he decided that hunting wasn't for him and several years later he gave his last rifle.

[huntandjeep]

Couple years back a guy I work with  decided he was going to take up hunting. Went to Walmart and picked up a Rem 30.06/ Simmons scope package. He decided he was hunting Goldendale so I told him a couple spots I knew. Following Monday he shows up to work and tells me about his hunt. Missed a deer the first day and a bear the second. Questioned him a little as to why then it hit me. I asked him if he sighted in the scope. I got a blank stare back and he  said " No it was installed at the factory , they wouldn't mount it and not check it". I still give him a hard time everytime I see him.

[ghosthunter]

Knew a guy who we could not convince to sit at a bench and site in. He thought we were nuts because there was no benches in the woods.
Instead he would hike trails and shoot at stumps off hand. If he hit the stump he felt that was good enough.

[actionshooter]

I like to watch the guys who shoot 1 round, adjust the scope, and repeat until they have shot 30 rounds and still aren't zero'ed.

[runamuk]

I like to watch the guys who shoot 1 round, adjust the scope, and repeat until they have shot 30 rounds and still aren't zero'ed.

   ok thats funny

I liked the rangemaster when I used to go to the range he often gave me pointers.  I preferred to go alone it was kinda nice.  Never saw anything too crazy the young guys that would just unload the ar and the pistols a fast as they could with no regard for good or accurate shooting were always funny.  Usually ended up meeting at least one decent person each time I went.

[Jonathan_S]

I like to watch the guys who shoot 1 round, adjust the scope, and repeat until they have shot 30 rounds and still aren't zero'ed.

   I do that until I'm within a few inches.  After mounting a new scope usually.

Why should I shoot an entire group if my first shot hits 14" high at 100 yards?

[actionshooter]

I like to watch the guys who shoot 1 round, adjust the scope, and repeat until they have shot 30 rounds and still aren't zero'ed.

   I do that until I'm within a few inches.  After mounting a new scope usually.

Why should I shoot an entire group if my first shot hits 14" high at 100 yards?

Do you reach 30 rounds and still aren't zero'd? If you are you might re think your process, if not them you don't fall into this category. 

[Jonathan_S]

   I would hope I'm zeroed after 30.  Ammo for the .45/70 isn't reloaded cheap and my shoulders aren't as tough as some of y'all.

[hunter105]

My experience with bore sighting by a gun shop you are lucky to hit paper at 50 yards.  Why anyone would go hunting without shooting their gun first doesn't make any sense to me, this includes experience hunters who haven't shot since the last season.  But you have to admit, you can see some interesting things at the range.

[quadrafire]

I've worked a range during sight-in just prior to modern deer season. One guy showed up with 3 different calibers of ammo in the same box to shoot through one rifle. 

[JimmyHoffa]

Once at the range for pistol qualifications we had a new guy and the instructor asked him to verify the gun was loaded.  Too quickly to be stopped he turned it around and looked down the barrel.  'Yep it's loaded.'  Everyone got to go sit through the safety brief again.

[Blacklab]

The first time I went to an indoor pistol and rim fire range. As I paid my entry fee. The guy at the desk says btw every shot to the ceiling is $10. I kind of laughed and said okay. When I get to range area. Every station had holes to the ceiling  Here I thought he was joking.

[BigGoonTuna]

i dropped in to sportsmans warehouse in puyallup for some fishing tackle the night before modern deer season this year, was shocked at the amount of guys buying new rifles and bring old ones in to have scoped.  i have a feeling most of them were going hunting the next day.

[slm9s]

I helped an outsider look for an elk he wounded this year.  Took a shot at ~ 200 yards.  After a while he confided in me that when he was going to sight in his rifle, first shot hit the center of the paper at 25 yards.  Some "old-timer" told him thats all he needs, he should be on at 200.  So he stopped because he didn't want to "waste" ammo confirming his ONE SHOT sight in.  Ended with a wounded elk that I doubt he ever found.   Man, was I pizzed.